The Wreck of the Medusa Begins
Portrait of a Young Man in an Artists Studio
Jamar was a young painter who assisted Gericault durring the work on Medusa in 1818-1819 and lived in his studio at the time. The picture seems to have been known to Gericult’s friend Ary Scheffer who adapted for one of the figures in his painting of The Death of Gericault (1824, Louvre). The signature “T. Gericault” appears on one of the rungs of the chair.